July 27, 2025 • 98 mins
In late October of 2012 the sudden disappearance of Katrina Smith left an Illinois community reeling. As the days went on the search for her revealed troubling clues as to what had happened to her. Detectives in this case were confronted with many bizarre circumstances and possible suspects, but it would be the revelation of a shocking secret that would lead them straight to their killer.
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Sources:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/hidden-past-led-katrina-smiths-killer/story?id=104055372
https://www.yahoo.com/news/katrina-smith-her-husband-thought-033832831.html
https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Resources/fd640f4a-f898-4ca4-9e9a-bb6ddcbf9afe/2170299_R23.pdf#:~:text=Trial%20court%20affirmed.,in%20the%20Department%20of%20Corrections.
Articles retrieved from the Chicago Tribune, The Times (Streator, Il), Northwest Herald, Southtown Star, and The Daily Republican-Register through Newspapers.com between the dates of 2012-2018
20/20 Aired October 23, 2023
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/hidden-past-led-katrina-smiths-killer/story?id=104055372
https://www.yahoo.com/news/katrina-smith-her-husband-thought-033832831.html
https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Resources/fd640f4a-f898-4ca4-9e9a-bb6ddcbf9afe/2170299_R23.pdf#:~:text=Trial%20court%20affirmed.,in%20the%20Department%20of%20Corrections.
Articles retrieved from the Chicago Tribune, The Times (Streator, Il), Northwest Herald, Southtown Star, and The Daily Republican-Register through Newspapers.com between the dates of 2012-2018
20/20 Aired October 23, 2023
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